Lolita Podcast - Podcast Rankings and reviews

This podcast is a masterpiece of research and analysis. It is incredibly powerful for survivors of childhood sexual trauma/abuse to listen to, but also for anyone, as we are all affected whether we realize it or not.

It’s definitely challenging, but worth it if you can handle the intensity.

I constantly come back to listen to the way Jamie expresses her observations and also brings forth quotes and evidence of what she is stating. This podcast has helped me open my eyes to so many things I can't unsee. Growing up AFAB there's so much subliminal messaging that you don't realize just how disturbing it is until you are older and able to process all of it. In Jamie's experience with the book Lolita she manages to simultaneously call out so many creepy behaviors and just how much this story can tell you about a person depending on how they interpret it. She was Dolores, not lolita

I really wanted to like this podcast since I think the way that Lolita has been portrayed in media is really interesting from a cultural and psychological perspective. I thought Jamie was an engaging host but she would often go on tangents and give opinions as a statement of fact (especially political ones) rather than an opinion, especially when it came to the interpretation of Nabokov’s book

Imagine doing a podcast, a very comprehensive podcast, on one of the most controversial English language books in the 20th Century and not mentioning…The Writing! Imagine. The subject matter is icky, pure, as the kids would say, cringe. But if all you did was read the book just for Nabokov’s ability to illuminate a subject or a scene, or an idea or a plot with his luminescent and lyrical prose, you would be a better reader (or writer?) for it. Sadly, there is NO MENTION of Nabokov’s ability to to write as if he is conducting an orchestra of words that only he can put together as the final masterpiece. I waited and waited and what could have and should have been an episode about the writing, never materialized. Having said that, it is the only flaw in an otherwise thorough delve into Lolita.